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YouTube and Meta have jointly filed an appeal against a jury verdict that found the two companies liable for causing user social media addiction.

YouTube and Meta have jointly filed an appeal against a jury verdict that found the two companies liable for causing user social media addiction.

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July 16th, 2026

YouTube and Meta have jointly filed an appeal against a jury verdict that found the two companies liable for causing user social media addiction.

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YouTube has lodged an appeal against a landmark social media addiction verdict in Los Angeles, seeking to contest the jury's finding that the company deliberately engineered its platform to captivate younger users, with utter disregard for their well-being.

YouTube洛杉磯一項具劃時代意義的社群媒體成癮訴訟判決提出上訴旨在挑戰陪審團之認定——該公司刻意設計其平台以吸引年輕用戶全然罔顧其福祉

The legal team representing YouTube filed a notice of appeal on Monday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, an action taken less than a week after co-defendant Meta submitted its own notice of appeal.

代表YouTube的法務團隊於週一在洛杉磯郡高等法院遞交了上訴通知書此舉距同案被告Meta提交其自身之上訴通知書尚不足一週

It is anticipated that the attorneys will expound upon the legal arguments pertaining to this appeal in subsequent court filings.

預計律師們將於後續提交的法庭文件中闡述與此上訴相關的法律論點

The lawsuit centres on a twenty-year-old woman who claims to have been addicted to social media since childhood, a condition that exacerbated her mental health issues.

該訴訟案件聚焦於一名年方二十的女性其自述自幼即對社群媒體成癮此舉加劇了其心理健康問題

The jury determined that the negligence of Google-owned YouTube and Meta was a pivotal factor in causing harm to the young woman, whom the court refers to solely by her initials KGM and the name Kaley.

陪審團裁定谷歌旗下之YouTube與Meta的疏失對該名年輕女性法院僅以姓名縮寫KGM及名字Kaley稱呼造成損害之關鍵因素

The jury awarded her $3 million in compensatory damages and recommended an additional $3 million in punitive damages.

陪審團判予300萬美元之損害賠償並建議另加300萬美元之懲罰性賠償

Following Meta's appeal, its lead legal representative, Mark Lanier, stated in a declaration released last week that Kaley's legal team anticipates the appellate court will 'continue to apply the law meticulously to this case and uphold the trial court's ruling.'

其首席法律代表馬克·拉尼爾於Meta提出上訴後在上週發布的一份聲明中指出Kaley的法律團隊預期上訴法院將「持續對本案審慎適用法律,並維持初審法院之判決。」

Google spokesperson José Castañeda stated in an official announcement last week that YouTube intends to file an appeal, emphasising that 'these are all standard procedural motions within the adjudication process of this case.'

谷歌發言人何塞·卡斯塔涅達上週於官方聲明中指出YouTube計劃提出上訴並強調這些均屬本案審理過程中標準程序性動議。」

Meta and Google each filed post-trial motions, petitioning for a retrial of the case.

Meta谷歌各自提交了審後動議要求重新審理此案

The presiding judge, Carolyn B. Kuhl, dismissed these motions in early June.

主審法官卡羅琳·B·庫爾六月初駁回了這些動議

During the five-week trial, one of YouTube's central arguments was that the video-sharing and streaming platform it provides is not, in essence, a social media platform.

在為期五週的審判過程中YouTube所提出的核心論點之一在於其提供的影片分享與串流平台本質上並非社群媒體平台

Throughout the trial, attorneys for YouTube and Meta repeatedly questioned whether the evidence and arguments exceeded the scope of legal immunity that technology companies enjoy for content published by third parties.

在審判過程中YouTube與Meta的律師屢次質疑相關證據與論點是否逾越了科技公司針對第三方所發布內容而享有的法律豁免範疇

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 grants these corporations protection from legal liability for such content.

1996年《通訊端正法》第230條賦予這些企業免於為此類內容承擔法律責任的保護

Conversely, the plaintiffs' attorneys focused on design features such as autoplay, contending that such mechanisms could cause users to remain immersed in the platform for longer periods and with a greater degree of involuntariness.

反之原告律師聚焦於諸如自動播放等功能設計認為此類機制可能導致用戶更長時間更非自願地沉浸於平台之中

Kaley's case is the first of its kind among similar lawsuits, and the verdict could profoundly influence the outcomes of thousands of analogous actions alleging that social media companies have deliberately inflicted harm.

Kaley的案件在同類訴訟中具有首例性質該判決可能對數千起指控社群媒體公司蓄意造成損害類似訴訟結果產生深遠影響。

TikTok and Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, were initially named as defendants in this case, but both reached settlements for undisclosed sums prior to the commencement of the trial.

TikTokSnapchat母公司Snap Inc.最初亦被列為本案被告兩者均在審判啟動前以未公開金額達成和解

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